Nichola Salter , BACP

Nichola Salter is a United Kingdom based therapist with five years of professional counselling experience and a broad background outside mental health that informs her practical approach. Her earlier roles in management, broadcasting with the BBC, teaching, sports, Coastguard Rescue and the Fire Brigade contribute to a steady, experienced presence when working with people facing difficult life situations.

Nichola holds BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, indicating membership in the national professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression, relationship and family issues, eating and parenting challenges, anger and self-esteem, career and coping with life changes, coaching needs, and ADHD. Her practice also addresses related areas such as abandonment, attachment and communication problems, caregiver stress, domestic violence, and substance use issues.

Working from a strengths-based perspective, Nichola views each person as the expert of their own story and aims to help people identify the resources they already have to move forward. She offers supportive, empowering care that encourages courage and gradual change, collaborating with clients to set realistic goals and build resilience over time.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on a collaborative, empathetic relationship where the therapist listens without judgment and helps the person discover their own solutions. This approach is useful for building self-esteem, exploring personal values, and navigating relationship or life transition issues.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday challenges by teaching practical strategies for coping and problem solving.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple practices that encourage present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can support emotional regulation and stress reduction.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals and therapists may draw on one or more of these models and adjust them over time as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, letting people fit sessions around work, family, and travel. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of support and to choose the format that feels most comfortable and effective for each person.